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The Battle of Piqua, also known as the Battle of Peckowee, Battle of Pekowi, Battle of Peckuwe and the Battle of Pickaway, was a military engagement fought on August 8, 1780, at the Indian village of Piqua along the Mad River in western Ohio Country between the Kentucky County militia under General George Rogers Clark and Shawnee Indians under Chief Black Hoof.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 13:47, 25 June 2018: 531 × 602 (312 KB): Higher Ground 1 == Summary == {{Information | Description = Map of the Battle of Piqua in 1780 by James Galloway in 1798 from the Lyman Drape Manuscripts Collection MSS 8J265, redrawn in 1994, from the Selected Papers From The 1991 And 1992 George Rogers Clark Symposium | Source = [https://www ...
The Piqua Sept of the Ohio Shawnee Tribe have placed a traditional cedar pole in commemoration of their history here. It is located "on the southern edge of the George Rogers Clark Historical Park, in the lowlands in front of the park's 'Hertzler House.'" [ 4 ]
A Kispoko Sept of Ohio Shawnee (Hog Creek Reservation) was listed as residing in Cridersville, Ohio as of 2013, according to the 500 Nations website. [5] But, an 1880 source states that the Shawnee, including those formerly living in the Hog Creek Reservation (present-day Shawnee Township), were removed to eastern Kansas in 1832, receiving payment of $30,000 in fifteen annual installments for ...
Pickawillany (also spelled Pickawillamy, Pickawillani, or Picqualinni) was an 18th-century Miami Indian village located on the Great Miami River in North America's Ohio Valley near the modern city of Piqua, Ohio. [2]
Piqua was incorporated as a town by the Ohio General Assembly in 1823. During the War of 1812, Piqua was a waystation for men and supplies moving north. In 1819, a land office was established in Piqua which facilitated its growth. Piqua developed along with construction of the Miami and Erie Canal between 1825 and 1845.
Simon Girty, "the White Savage," etching from Thomas Boyd's 1928 book by the same title. [9]Girty lived with Guyasuta of the Mingo and Seneca for seven years. He was returned to the British in November 1764, during a prisoner exchange after the end of Pontiac's War, but upon going back to Pennsylvania he immediately returned to his former tribe, who had to convince him to leave.
Piqua may refer to: Pekowi, a band of the Shawnee Native American tribe and the origin of the word "Piqua" Piqua, Kansas; Piqua, Kentucky; Piqua, Ohio